Look, if you had one shot or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted in one moment...Would you capture it or just let it slip?

(Yo) His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting

Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity, ohThere goes rabbit, he choked, he's so mad but he won'tGive up that easy no, he won't have it he knowsHis whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter he's dope

He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant he knowsWhen he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sBack to the lab again yo, this whole rhapsodyHe better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime (You better)

His soul's escaping through this hole that is gapingThis world is mine for the taking, make me kingAs we move toward a new world orderA normal life is boring, but super-stardom's

Close to postmortem, it only grows harderOnly grows hotter, he blows us all overThese hoes is all on him, coast to coast showsHe's known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads God only knows

They moved on to the next schmoe who flowsHe nose dove and sold nada, so the soap operaIs told and unfolds, I suppose it's old partna'But the beat goes on, da da dum da dum da da da dum

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime (You better)

No more games, I'mma change what you call rageTear this motherfuckin' roof off, like two dogs cagedI was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changedI been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage

But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cipherBest believe somebody's payin' the Pied PiperAll the pain inside amplified by theFact that I can't get by with my nine to five

And I can't provide the right type ofLife for my family, 'cause man these goddamnFood stamps don't buy diapersAnd there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life

And these times are so hard, and it's getting even harderTryin' to feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totterCaught up between bein' a father and a Prima DonnaBaby mama drama screamin' on and too much for me to wanna

Stay in one spot, another day of monotonyHas gotten me to the point I'm like a snail I've gotTo formulate a plot or end up in jail or shotSuccess is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not

Mom I love you, but this trailer's got to goI cannot grow old in Salem's LotSo here I go, it's my shot, feet fail me notThis may be the only opportunity that I got

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime (You better)